Vadhopper - Technology in the Classroom

Welcome to my musings on technology in the classroom. In this presentation, I describe five groups of technologies that can help teachers differentiate their teaching, collaborate, and provide students with a richer experience in how they share what they know.
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Before I begin, I thought I would share my perspective on the role of technology as we "work and learn" in a digital age.

The five groups of technologies are:

Creative authoring and presentation tools.

Mobile devices for teaching a learning. In that section I have a surveymonkey.com survey results that I created to prepare a Lesson plan on using iPads in the Classroom.

Information Research and Organization

Online and Blended Learning Tools: Communication and Collaboration

Interactive Whiteboards: The Tools and Techniques

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Article Review (click here for review):
Maninger, R. M., & Holden, M. (2009). Put the textbooks away: Preparation and support for a middle school one-to-one laptop initiative. American Secondary Education, 38(1), 5-33. (Note this second link is to the article on EBSCO, but the link will only work if logged into EBSCO - the article is otherwise not available online.)